Heme released from hemoglobin in aged red blood cells is decomposed in the liver into
A) iron and the bile pigment biliverdin, which is eventually converted to bilirubin.
B) serum and plasma proteins.
C) iron and interleukins.
D) iron and the bile pigment bilirubin, which is eventually converted to biliverdin.
A
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